24 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1883
Page
1
The church holds Sunday services at 11 and 7 30 p m with Sabbath School at noon General Prayer for Wednesday evening at 7 30 led by Pastor Endall.
A lengthy meditation on Thanksgiving links the holiday to the nation’s Christian-political founding, praising sacrifice for liberty and urging gratitude for country, faith, home, and veterans. It laments political bitterness and highlights the duty to honor soldiers from the Civil War and Mexican War with national recognition.
In Ames on Tuesday the Mexican War veterans gathered with Ellsworth Post G A R support to form a state organization and plan a Washington visit to press for back pay and ongoing pensions. The group urged Congress to recognize their service and compare their pensions with Revolutionary and 1812 veterans.
The report notes Bishop Simpson’s plain speech style, praising simple words as Webster did. It argues Christianity is advancing through gospel influence with more voices in prayer, more Sunday schools, and more churches, despite claims of decline.
A Journal item urges mothers to use Parker's Ginger Tonic to calm fretful babies. The tonic is described as soothing, comforting discomfort, and safe for infants, claimed to help babies become healthy without harm.
The Chicago News mocks Emma Abbott’s increasing stoutness while praising her vitality and stage antics. It notes her physicality and energetic performance including a mock kiss on Mr. Castle’s mustache, calling it a striking display of her evolving art.
The Memphis extension of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad now operates between Kansas City Missouri and Memphis Tennessee. Through daily trains with Pullman sleeping cars and day coaches cut changes and hours to reach Memphis Jacksonville Florida New Orleans and other southern cities. Tours via this route to Jacksonville Mobile and New Orleans are on sale at western coupon offices and a free map is available from J E Lockwood General Passenger Agent Kansas City.
The piece praises Harper’s Young People as the best weekly for children in America. It highlights the illustrator’s skill and nationwide talent contributing to its text, with endorsements from newspapers noting its excellence in education and art.
Harper's Magazine announces 18? offerings including a new serial by Winagam Flack with Abbey engagement, a new motion by BE. F P Rox illustrated by Gibson and Dretnan, illustrated descriptive papers by Borgeron, Miller, Faunaam and others, plus short stories by Howl and Reap among others.
The notice describes June and December volume numbering, current number start, and mail delivery terms. It lists eight volumes of Harper's Magazine with cloth binding at $8.00 per volume, binding cloth at 50 cents, and an indexed volume for volumes 1 to 60 with cloth at $4.00. Remittances via post office money order or draft to Harper & Brothers, New York.
The text extols Harper's Bazaar as both brilliant and useful, praising its fashion plates as the newest and most stylish, its pattern sheets and economy, and its high literary and artistic merits. It highlights stories, poems, and illustrations as top American quality with witty cuts and promising novelties.
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